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Internal Gear Shaping

Internal Gear Shaping

Internal gear shaping  Internal shaping on a 12″ internal outer ring planet gear.  P600/800 Gleason Hobbing machine handles disc and shaft type parts up to module 16 mm and 600 mm outside diameter, and can hob involute and non-involute gears …
Gearbox ideal for booster pumps

Heavy-Duty Gearbox

This rugged heavy-duty gearbox was designed with heavy shafts and bearings to take a decent shock load, and will stay in place once mounted. Typical Applications:  Booster Pumps, Fracking, Mobile Hydraulics Features:   SAE #1 bell housing Manual clutch package with handle …

Retrofit Gearboxes with Improved Performance Characteristics

Rj Link Int. receives requests for retrofit units from companies that are looking for service components when designs are no longer available. Examples of some concerns that have been addressed with these types of inquiries, are leak and/or vibration issues, …

Speed Increasing Gearboxes in High Demand

Rj Link has been seeing an increase in requests from companies needing speed increasing gearboxes.  A recent project consisted of designing a gearbox for a new PTO driven manure pump application.  Another recent project consisted of designing a gearbox for …

Gearbox Solution for Agricultural Off-Road Forklift

Rj Link received a request from a company that was having noise issues with gearboxes that were being used in an agricultural off-road forklift application.   The small shop did the best they could to check the gearboxes prior to sending …

Custom Gearbox for Agricultural Applications

Features:  Various input and output shaft configurations, tapered shaft and agricultural PTO connections, SAE bell housings with clutch, rubber block drive or flange connections. Typical Applications:  Farm Waste Pumping, Feed Lot Grain Handling System, Leaf Vac System. Specifications:  Ratio:  1:1 …

Small Package Gear Drives with High Output

Rj Link International continues to see an increasing customer demand requiring small package Gear-Drives. These types of systems have involved the application/design of several Right-Angle, Variable-Angle, or Planetary systems. Starting with the driver (input-side) providing a variable speed, torque and transferring to …

Gearbox Design Application Questions – Rebuilds/New Designs

Considerations when looking at gearbox package constraints: Horsepower Torque Type of loading characteristics Ambient conditions Speed range in terms of input and output – is it continuous? Size/space limitations Cost Service in the unit – is there easy access? How …

Providing Best in Class Design Performance Gearboxes

Rj Link International is always exploring the max performance of our gearbox designs to continuously offer the best performance that our customers expect.  When original designs are released, Rj Link designs to fit the customer’s application and sets the baseline performance …

Custom Gearboxes for Booster Pump Applications

Rj Link’s D244 gearboxes have been heavily used in booster pump applications.  The advanced gearing technology in these types of gearboxes means that the design is able to handle fairly tough applications across multiple industries. Some Considerations: Built for a …